Seasons & episodes
S5 · E1Alyeska: The Great Land 1986-10-19 · 53 min
Examines how the plants and animals of Alaska’s Alyeska wilderness have adapted to the regions harsh climate.
S5 · E2Baja Lagoon 1986-10-26 · 53 min
An examination of the plants and animals that make their home in a shallow lagoon found on the Western coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.
S5 · E3Galapagos: How They Got There 1986-11-02 · 53 min
This exploration of the Galapagos Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean West of Ecuador, examines theories explaining the arrival of wildlife to the archipelago.
S5 · E4Galapagos: Cold on the Equator 1986-11-09 · 53 min
Marine iguanas, cormorants, green turtles, sea lions, and sperm whales are among the animals that thrive in the cold waters surrounding the equatorially located Galapagos Islands.
S5 · E5Galapagos: The Ocean Travelers 1986-11-16 · 53 min
A look at the Galapagos Islands’ many birds, include the waved albatross, blue-footed booby, frigate bird and the ground finch; also, man’s relationship with the islands’ changing environment.
S5 · E6Pantanal: Prairie of the Great Waters 1986-11-23 · 53 min
A look at how the Pantanal's wildlife species cope with the annual cycle of flood and drought which transforms the marshy prairie from a dry savannah into the world's largest freshwater wetland – a 36,000 square-mile area that encompasses Southwestern Brazil and parts of Bolivia and Paraguay.
S5 · E7Cats 1986-12-07 · 53 min
An examination of the behavior of man’s feline friends.
S5 · E8Leopard: A Darkness in the Grass 1986-12-14 · 53 min
The activities of an elusive female leopard are traced over a two-day period on the hot plains of Africa.
S5 · E9The Elephant Challenge 1987-01-18 · 53 min
A look at the survival of the African elephants, as ivory and foraging land became more valuable.
S5 · E10Ichkeul: Between the Desert and the Deep Blue Sea 1987-02-08 · 53 min
A freshwater lake in Tunisia that turns salty every summer.
S5 · E11In the Shadow of Fujisan: See No Evil 1987-02-22 · 53 min
The Japanese take efforts to save an indigenous monkey.
S5 · E12In the Shadow of Fujisan: Bird of Happiness 1987-03-01 · 53 min
A look at the crane, Japanese symbol of longevity, true love and happiness.
S5 · E13In the Shadow of Fujisan: Long Live the Turtle 1987-03-08 · 53 min
Hunters and egg poachers threaten the existence of the giant loggerhead turtle.
S5 · E14America's Wild Horses 1987-03-15 · 53 min
Following the wild mustangs of America’s West.
S5 · E15Holy Land: A Wilderness Like Eden 1987-04-12 · 53 min
An exploration of the Rift Valley that sweeps North from Kenya to Turkey, where prophets said their god first planted a garden.
S5 · E16Holy Land: Sweet Water, Bitter Sea 1987-04-19 · 53 min
The unusual life in the salty Dead Sea, where the desert plunges 1,200 feet below sea level.
S5 · E17The Forgotten Garden 1987-04-26 · 53 min
What happens when a finely maintained garden is abandoned.
S5 · E18Lords of Hokkaido 1987-05-10 · 53 min
A year on a Japanese island following a family of red foxes.
S5 · E19Designed for Living 1987-05-17 · 53 min
The tunnelers, thatchers, weavers, dam builders, sculptors, potters and spinners of the animal kingdom.
S5 · E20Masked Monkeys 1987-05-24 · 55 min
Echoing hoots and trills, bandit masks, feathered tufts and orange noses distinguish African forest monkeys called quenons.